[plug] windows - a rant

[George Raphael]

I didn't want to write this email... but Garry crying over windows update
and everyone having there two cents worth... I thought I would through mine
in too... its free...

There are clearly some very poor operating systems. Two that come to mind
are Windows 98 and Mac OS 7. They weren't even good at the time. DOS was
more stable.

However, Windows 2000, XP, Mac OS X are good operating systems for the
specific tasks that they were designed for - which could be word processing,
email, etc. Linux/Unix have a place too... for example as servers.

Now you can use a Linux box as a desktop machine and you can use a windows
box as a server... but you will find that you will be more successful having
a Linux box as a desktop OS than Windows box as a server...

All my servers are Linux based as I have no faith in Microsoft Servers. For
desktop machines, Win2K is sufficient... until it blue screens :)

Back to Gary's problem with windows update... yes it does F@#kup
sometimes... but it may not necessarily be Microsoft update's fault... it
could be your ISP.


Regards

G.




-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au
[mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au]On Behalf Of Mark O'Shea
Sent: Friday, 7 May 2004 1:46 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] windows - a rant


On Fri, 7 May 2004, Garry wrote:
<--snip-->
> After using Linux, simple networking stuff in Windows is esoteric -
> bordering on cryptic. And they say this is good interface design! This is
> separate, a few days ago.
<--snip-->
Yes, it all depends on your definition of 'user friendly'.  My definition
is that the software allows me to do what I want to do quickly and easily
with a minimum of fuss.  Having spent a lot of time learning to use them
this applies to Unix-like operating systems for me.  Windows however does
not necessarily allow me to do what I want to do, it's use of easy to use
menus does not allow me to do it quickly, and this doesn't lead to the
minimum of fuss.

If however you define 'user friendly' as being easy to get something like
typing a letter, or playing a game, without having to have turned on a
computer before, well then it's still debatable as to whether windows is
more user friendly.

Rants over for the day.  Hopefully I'll find something positive to say
soon ;)

Regards,
--
Mark O'Shea
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